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Old 05-16-2018, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Dirty Harry Callahan View Post
Hopefully they'll make a 606 (or whatever they want to call a 6-shot 605) in .357 Magnum as well.

My brother and I got a Taurus 605 for our mother as a birthday gift last year, and we've both taken a shine to it since, so a 6-shot variant would be all the more attractive. The Taurus 85/605 are great little snubbies for a low price, and a slightly bigger/heavier 6-shot model would be excellent for those who want just a bit more firepower.
I don't know if a 6 shot J frame 357 will be possible just due to metallurgy. The cylinder on these guns is a just a hair bigger than a 5 shot .38 J frame, and I bet the thin cylinder walls can't handle the pressure of a 357.

They do make one of the coolest revolvers ever, the 617, which is a L frame sized cylinder in a frame slightly smaller than a K frame with a J frame grip. It's a pocketable 7 shot 357. Mine has been perfect so far, but I wish like heck S&W would steal the idea and make a higher quality version.
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